Daily Archives: March 1, 2017

By Scott Strasser, March 3 2017 — We don’t always like the Students’ Union election forums, so we decided to host our own. On March 2, the Gauntlet hosted the inaugural Great Students’ Union Presidential Debate in Cassio A/B in MacHall. The debate featured the three candidates hoping to lead the SU next year —…

By Saima Asad, February 28 2017 — There could be some minor revenue shortfalls in the operating budgets of Alberta’s public post-secondary institutions next year. In her opening address to General Faculties Council on Feb. 16, University of Calgary president Elizabeth Cannon said the U of C will “probably not receive backfill funding” from the…

By Rachel Woodward, February 28 2017 — While Yellowknife is known for inspiring lots of layers in order to keep warm, it also sparked some musical inspiration for one University of Calgary alumna. Yellowknife-raised Carmen Braden received her Masters of Music in Composition in 2015 from the U of C. She will debut her piece,…

To put it lightly, the Students’ Union election period is not particularly popular at the University of Calgary. Thousands of gimmicky posters plaster the walls around MacHall, while costumed candidates run around campus begging students they’ve never met to vote for them. It’s easy to see why most students grumble about the ordeal every March…

By Scott Strasser, March 1 2017 — The executive candidate forums for the 2017 Students’ Union election continued on March 1, with the forum for vice-president external taking place in MacHall at noon. The two University of Calgary students vying for the position — Shubir Shaikh and Kendra Toth — squared off against each other…

By Melanie Woods, February 28 2017 — At its annual general meeting in January, Toronto Pride agreed to demands from Black Lives Matter to ban police floats from the annual event. In recent months, the Vancouver Pride Society has also faced petitions both for and against police participation in its annual parade. These are just…

By Tina Shaygan, February 28 2017 — Mental health on university campuses is a crisis. According to the 2016 National College Health Assessment, 13.1 per cent of the respondents from the University of Calgary reported having seriously considered suicide at some point in the past year. Of the 1,004 U of C respondents, 18.9 per…

By Jesse Stilwell, February 28 2017 — Your summer job search should be in full swing by now. If it isn’t, don’t blame the struggling economy when you don’t find something interesting and lucrative. According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian economy added 48,000 jobs in January alone. While they aren’t all in Alberta, that growth…

By Aisha Sajid, February 28 2017 — Last week, Montreal city council passed a motion declaring Montreal a sanctuary city — the fourth in Canada. According to Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, the move was in direct response to the attempted Donald Trump executive order travel ban in the United States. Sanctuary cities are cities that…

By Nikayla Goddard, February 28 2017 — Want a date as sweet as your lover? Take them to the Maple Festival des Sucres on the weekend of March 4. Heritage Park will host live performances, markets full of sweets, hay rides, magic and circus workshops and more for you and your sugar to check out….